Elemental / Alejandro Aravena, Gonzalo Arteaga, Juan Cerda, Víctor Oddó, Diego Torres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aravena Mori, Alejandro, author.

Arteaga, Gonzalo, 1923- author.

Cerda, Juan (Architect), author.

Oddó, Víctor, author.

Torres, Diego (Architect), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elemental (Firm : Santiago, Chile).

Public housing.

Housing subsidies.

Architecture, Domestic.

Chile.

Architecture, Domestic--Chile.

Public housing--Chile.

Housing subsidies--Chile.

Local Subjects:

Public housing.

Housing subsidies.

Architecture, Domestic.

Physical Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Phaidon, 2018.

Summary:

Elemental, based in Santiago, Chile, epitomizes a new generation of pioneering, socially engaged architects. The firm specializes in innovative, powerful, and humane public-interest projects, working on both large and small scales across Chile, the United States, Mexico, Switzerland, and China. Featuring stunning images by renowned architectural photographers together with sketches and drawings from Aravena's personal notebooks, this book beautifully, often irreverently, displays Elemental's unique working methods and philosophy. Each project - from iconic structures like the Anacleto Angelini UC Innovation Centre to seaside residences and pioneering reconstruction plans - is accompanied by Aravena's engaging texts, bringing to life his understanding of civil society and the built environment.

Contents:

Introduction

Elemental timeline

What's the point?

Principles of elemental

Framework

Elemental's first case

Elemental's worldwide architectural competition

The 7 winning projects

New projects

Socialization lessons

Structural lessons

Architectural lessons.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0714878030

9780714878034

OCLC:

1036733151